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Despite several attempts to ban the practice and the handful of injuries it regularly causes, the tradition has carried on for 300 years.

"Things like this don’t happen in Brazil, but other countries,” said the Brazilian vice president, who added “violent video games” may have influenced the killers.

Faced with stigmatization and targeted threats, Colombia's marginalized communities have found a respite in the Barranquilla Carnaval: a means of preservation and celebration in the midst of violence.

Instead of pointing her lens at the street, Lady Gaia captured the reactions of residents who watched the colorful party from the best seat in the house: their apartments.

We spent the weekend on the Venezuela-Colombia border with people who risked their lives trying to bring vital humanitarian aid into their country.

On February 12, protesters took to the streets of Caracas to demand that humanitarian aid trucks, which remain blocked at the border, be allowed to enter the country.

Watch the new video from the Spanish rapper and one of the biggest names in Brazilian carioca funk.

The two primary suspects in the murder of the Brazilian councilwoman and activist Marielle Franco previously received honors from senator-elect Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of president Jair Bolsonaro.

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp social engineering scams have become common in the country.

"Being in prison causes a lot of anguish. There’s nothing more than that, so we have to find a way to make confinement beneficial and not just a punishment."

It's difficult to draw the line between distributing essential, hard-to-find cultural relics and piracy.

First Ariel Franco was in solitary confinement. Then he was Brazil's most sought-after hairstylist.